Grants and Contracts (PI unless otherwise noted):

"Slender Body Theory," General Hydromechanics Research Program, Office of Naval Research, 1973-1976
"Investigation of the Feasibility of Commercial Sailing Vessels in the United States Merchant Marine," (with J. Woodward), Maritime Administration, 1974
"Diffracted Wave Amplitude and Pressure Field in the Vicinity of a Slender Ship," General Hydromechanics Research Program, Office of Naval Research, 1977-1983
"Maneuvering and Control of Ships in Restricted Waterways," National Science Foundation, 1978-1981
"Heave, Pitch and Surge Ship Motion Dynamometer System," DOD University Research Instrumentation Program, 1984
"Hull-Free Surface-Propeller Interactions," Special Focus Program in Ship Hydrodynamics, Office of Naval Research, (with co-principal investigator W.S.Vorus), 1985-1987
"Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of Ship Wakes," David W. Taylor Naval R&D Center, 1986-1987,
"Program for Ship Hydrodynamics," University Research Initiative Program, Office of Research, 1986-1991
"Development of Vectorized Ship Hydrodynamic Codes," CRAY University Research and Development Grant Program, 1986-2000
Sponsored research while Director of the Ship Hydrodynamics Laboratory, 1988-1992
"Nonlinear Extension of Time-Domain Analysis," Applied Hydrodynamic Research Program, Office of Naval Research, 1988               
"Nonlinear Ship Motions," Office of Naval Research, 1989-1990
"Nonlinear Unsteady Ship Hydrodynamics," Accelerated Research Initiative in Nonlinear Ship Motions, Office of Naval Research, 1990-1993
ONR High School Traineeship, Office of Naval Research, 1990-1997
"Nonlinear Seakeeping Model Experiments," Accelerated Research Initiative in Nonlinear Ship Motions, Office of Naval Research, 1991-1994
“Extension of Nonlinear Seakeeping Experiments,” Accelerated Research Initiative in Nonlinear Ship Motions, Office of Naval Research, 1993
"PACT Seakeeping Experiment," Science Applications International Corp., 1991
"Team Dennis Conner Seakeeping Experiments," Team Dennis Conner, 1991
"Dynamics of Free Surface Turbulent Flows," Office of Naval Research, 1992-1995
"Fully Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Computations for Offshore Structures," Co-PI, Sea Grant - Offshore Consortium, 1992-1994
"Nonlinear Time-Domain Ship Motions," Augmentation Award for Sciences and Engineering Research Training (AASERT), Department of Defense, 1993-1996,
"Nonlinear Time-Domain Ship Motions Computations," Office of Naval Research,
1994-1997
"Nonlinear Time-Domain Free Surface Computations Including Lifting Effects," 1995-1996
"Enhancement of Offshore Engineering Education," Dupont Educational Aid Program, 1995-1997
"Nonlinear Hydrodynamic Computations for Offshore Structures," Co-PI Sea Grant-Offshore Consortium, 1995-2002
"Fully Nonlinear Free Surface Computations for Arbitrary Bodies Including Lifting Effects," Office of Naval Research, 1996-1998
"Fully Nonlinear Free Surface Computations for Arbitrary Bodies Including Lift," Office of Naval Research, 1997- 2002
“Continuation of Fully Nonlinear Free Surface Computations for Arbitrary Bodies Including Lift,” Office of Nava Research, 1997-2001
"Design Optimization and Methodology for Stern Flaps," Dual Use Science and Technology Program, Office of Naval Research, 2001-2004
"Assessment of Testing and Scaling Capabilities for High Speed Ship Design," Office of Naval Research, 2002
“Design of a High-Speed Friction Drag Reduction Experiment Using the William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel” Co-PI, Office of Naval Research (2002).
“Marine Research Consortium for Advanced Ship Design,” Co-PI, DOD Dept. of the Navy
“Techniques for Ship Hydrodynamic Computations,” Office of Naval Research, 2004
“Tools for Multi-Hull Design Optimization”, Office of Naval Research, 2004-2007
“Technical Consulting for the Theater Support Vessel (TSV) Source Selection, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 2004
“Independent Review for DDX Seakeeping and Dynamic Stability,” DOD Dept. of Navy 2004
“Independent Review for DDX Seakeeping and Dynamic Stability,” DOD Dept. of the Navy, 2005
“Optimum Vessel Performance in Evolving Nonlinear Wave Fields,” Office of Naval Research MURI, 2005-2010
“Integrated Hydrodynamic Analysis for High-Speed Sealift,” Co-PI, Office of Naval Research.
“Coherent Radar for Ocean Wave Field Measurements and Coastal Applications,” Department of Defense DURIP program

Non-Sponsored Research:

"Correlation Between Model and Full Scale Testing," 1977-78